Riga – Salavat Yulaev 0:1 (end) | Lev – Ak Bars 3:4 (after SO)
after shootout
Lev Praha
3:4 (0:0, 1:3, 2:0, 0:0, 0:1)
Ak Bars Kazan
Thursday 15.08.2013, 17:30 • Tipsport Arena • Prague Hockey Cup
     
    Ak Bars Kazan take the dress rehearsal for the Prague Hockey Cup with a 4:3 victory over HC LEV Praha. It's the first defeat for Lev in this tournament. (19:58:47)
     
    Game over.
     
    Chris Bourque shoots third for HC LEV. He comes up the left wing and fires a wrist shot which Engren gets a piece of but can't keep out. That means that Ak Bars win the shootout and win the game!
     
    Petr Vrana's shootout effort is poked away by Barulin. Still 0:1
     
    Now it's Stapleton for Ak Bars. He fires a wrist shot into the top right corner. 0:1
     
    Azevedo goes first for HC LEV. He comes in with speed before turning on the brakes. He can't beat Barulin 0:0
     
    Alexander Burmistrov shoots first for Ak Bars. He tries to kick fakes but Engren reads him like a book and saves. 0:0
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    64:55
    Ak Bars clear the zone straight from the draw, meaning that we'll go to a shootout. Shots on goal through overtime and regulation. HC LEV 22, Ak Bars Kazan 25
     
    64:49
    Penalty against Ak Bars. Kirill Petrov will sit for 11 seconds.
     
    64:38
    Sevc gets the set up but the Czech d-men fans on the one timer
     
    64:16
    Lev back to full strength
     
    64:12
    Medvedev gets a one timer away but Engren's there to make the save once again
     
    63:55
    Vrana clears the zone with 20 seconds left on Azevedo's penalty
     
    63:44
    Stapleton winds up and fires from the point but Engren is positioned perfectly to make the save without a rebound
     
    63:15
    Great effort by Zachrisson to clear the zone
     
    62:53
    Stapleton fires a heavy shot wide on the powerplay
     
    62:16
    Azevedo is getting a whistle on the play though. Two minutes for illegal equipment for not leaving the ice immediately after losing his helmet
     
    61:56
    Azevedo and Vincour have a disagreement in the Ak Bars zone. They eventually skate away from each other
    Commentary by

    Jon Rowson

    CZ@jonrowson

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 33. Kapanen (Oystrick, Danielsson), 47. Vrana (Kubalik, Porseland), 51. Zherdev (Nakladal) – 27. Zakharchuk (Lukoyanov, Faizullin), 34. Lukoyanov (Faizullin, Abdullin), 40. Bourque (Vincour, Svitov)

    Lev Praha: Engren (Lukáš) – Oystrick, Nakládal, Jaakola, Porseland, Ševc, Humphries, Krejčík, Mäenpää – Danielsson, Kapanen, Zherdev – Ridderwall, Azevedo, Kubalík – Thornberg, Vrána, Sekáč – Cingel, Zackrisson, Rachůnek, Matai, Head Coach: Václav Sykora
    Ak Bars Kazan: Barulin (Garipov) – Korneyev, Nikulin, Medvedev, Heshka, Panin, Osipov, Zakharchuk, Yarullin – Stapleton, Burmistrov, Varnakov – Vincour, Svitov, Bourque – Obukhov, Tkachev, Petrov – Lukoyanov, Petrov, Abdullin, Faizullin – Head Coach: Valeri Belov
    Referees: Bulanov, Jerabek – Gebauer, Tošenovjan